Re: Problem installing Git

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 25, 2017, 22:16 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1.1711252312270.6482@virtualbox>
In-Reply-To: <f30c4350-500a-44e8-27ee-7d5ae49903c4@gmail.com>

Hi Igor,

On Thu, 23 Nov 2017, Igor Djordjevic wrote:

> [ +Cc:  Git for Windows mailing list ]

I have no idea why it claimed that that group does not exist, the email address looks correct to me.

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> On 23/11/2017 19:51, Phil Martel wrote:
> > I'm trying to install Git-2.15.0-64-bit.exe onto my Windows 10 
> > machine.  When I run this installer program no matter what options I 
> > try or whether I run as administrator it ends up with an error box 
> > saying "The drive or UNC share you selected does not exist or is not 
> > accessible. Please select another".  I do not see any way of 
> > selecting a drive.  Any suggestions?
> 
> From what I could Google around, this seems to be (Inno Setup?) 
> installation related issue...?

Indeed.

> Do you already have "Git for Windows" installed? If so, does it work 
> if you try uninstalling it first?

That is a workaround, correct.

> p.s. Note the existence of "Git for Windows"[1] specific mailing list 
> as well, where this issue might belong better.
> 
> [1] git-for-windows@googlegroups.com

I think a much better place is the Git for Windows bug tracker (if you ever wonder where the bug tracker is, or the home page, or the repository or the FAQ, there are links in the upper left of the release notes -- which probably nobody reads, even if I really try to make them worth the while -- and which you can find in C:\Program Files\Git\ReleaseNotes.html if you closed the tab after installing Git for Windows).

And indeed, there is already a ticket for this issue: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1074

The original reporter did not respond to any questions, maybe you can do better, Phil?

Ciao, Johannes